faith
“Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.”
“Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”
“I said to the almond tree, “Sister, speak to me of God.” And the almond tree blossomed.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
“Faith is the highest passion in a human being.”
“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.”
“The business of the Christian is nothing else than to be ever preparing for death.”
“He who was the Son of God became the Son of Man, that man might become the son of God.”
“Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.”
“One short sleep past, we wake eternally; And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.”
“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”